Sir John Fortescue, of Ebrington in Gloucestershire, was Chief Justice of the King's Bench and was the author of De Laudibus Legum Angliae, first published posthumously circa 1543, an influential treatise on English law. Wikipedia
Born: 1394, North Huish, United Kingdom
Died: 1479 (age 85 years), Ebrington, United Kingdom
Grandchildren: William Fortescue and John Fortescue
Great grandchildren: John Fortescue and Bartholomew Fortescue
Great-grandparents: William Fortescu, William de Fortescu, Margaret Whalesburgh, and more
Grandparents: Elisabeth Beauchamp, NN de Collaton, William Norreis, and more